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Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Plans to Undo Dodd-Frank Law, Fiduciary Rule — President Donald Trump on Friday plans to sign an executive action to scale back the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial-overhaul law, in a sweeping plan to dismantle much of the regulatory system put in place after the financial crisis.
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Hamilton Nolan / The Concourse:
Now The Republicans Will Rob You — Perhaps the greatest tragedy of the presidential campaign is that so many down-and-out people voted for Donald Trump with the idea he would help them. No. Now, he is going to help rich people rob you. — Today we have two widely expected pieces …
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Bloomberg:
Trump to Order Review of Dodd-Frank, Halt Obama Fiduciary Rule — Move delays April implementation of rule prohibiting conflicts — Moves emphasize removal of regulatory burdens: Official — President Donald Trump will order a sweeping review of the Dodd-Frank Act rules enacted in response …
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CNN:
Trump adviser cites non-existent ‘massacre’ defending ban — (CNN)Senior Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway made a statement during a TV interview Thursday that pricked the ears of fact-checkers everywhere. — She told MSNBC's Chris Matthews: — “I bet it's brand new information to people …
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Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
Kellyanne Conway cites ‘Bowling Green massacre’ that never happened to defend travel ban — Kellyanne Conway has taken “alternative facts” to a new level. — During a Thursday interview with MSNBC's Chris Matthews, the counselor to the president defended President Trump's travel ban related to seven majority-Muslim countries.
Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Chelsea Clinton trolls Conway on ‘Bowling Green Massacre’
Chelsea Clinton trolls Conway on ‘Bowling Green Massacre’
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Government reveals over 100,000 visas revoked due to travel ban — Over 100,000 visas have been revoked as a result of President Trump's ban on travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries, an attorney for the government revealed in Alexandria federal court Friday.
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
Federal Judge Criticizes Trump's Travel Ban And Extends Order Relating To Dulles Airport
Federal Judge Criticizes Trump's Travel Ban And Extends Order Relating To Dulles Airport
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Daily Kos and The Guardian
Laura Jarrett / CNN:
Over 100,000 visas revoked, government lawyer says in Virginia court
Over 100,000 visas revoked, government lawyer says in Virginia court
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New York Times:
New Yorker and Vanity Fair Pull Out of Correspondents Dinner Parties — NEW YORK — The White House Correspondents Dinner has gone from a hoary ritual to the apex of Washington's social calendar, replete with Hollywood A-listers, tuxedoed television stars and live coverage on the major news networks.
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Republican struggles to explain why GOP just voted to let severely mentally ill people get guns — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — The House of Representatives on Thursday evening voted to overturn an Obama-era rule that had been put in place to prevent people with severe mental illnesses from buying firearms.
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Nicole Gaudiano / USA Today:
House votes to strike rule banning guns for some deemed mentally impaired — WASHINGTON —The House of Representatives approved its first effort of the new Congress to roll back gun regulations, voting to overturn a rule that would bar gun ownership by some who have been deemed mentally impaired by the Social Security Administration.
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Asra Nomani / The Hill:
The alt-left's cyber jihad against Trump and his supporters — On Wednesday night, an Afghan-American software engineer and self-described “global geek girl” videotaped her friend Kiara Robles as a local TV reporter interviewed Robles about the raucous protests at University of California Berkeley …
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CBS News:
Americans sharply divided along partisan lines over travel ban, Trump: CBS News poll — Two weeks into Donald Trump's presidency, the country remains sharply divided along partisan lines. A large majority of Republicans approves of President Trump and his recent executive order temporarily restricting entry …
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Thank God for Harry Reid — There are many people to thank for the coming accession of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Donald Trump for winning the election. Hillary Clinton for losing it. Mitch McConnell for holding open the high court seat through 2016, resolute and immovable against furious …
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Grassley Outlines Timeline for Confirming Trump's SCOTUS Nominee
Grassley Outlines Timeline for Confirming Trump's SCOTUS Nominee
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Washington Times, ThinkProgress and SCOTUSblog
Alec MacGillis / New York Times:
Can the Democrats Be as Stubborn as Mitch McConnell?
Can the Democrats Be as Stubborn as Mitch McConnell?
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Daily Kos
Annie Karni / Politico:
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner worked to sink LGBT order — Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump helped lead the charge to scuttle a draft executive order that would have overturned Obama-era enforcements of LGBT rights in the workplace, multiple sources with knowledge of the situation told POLITICO.
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New York Post:
Protesters storm NYU over conservative speaker's seminar — The NYPD was out in full-force at NYU on Thursday night as protesters gathered to voice their disgust with conservative actor and Vice Media co-founder Gavin McInnes, who was inside holding a seminar for the school's College Republicans.
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate advances DeVos's nomination, setting her up for final vote — Betsy DeVos, Trump's pick to lead the Department of Education, overcame a key Senate hurdle early Friday morning, clearing the path for her expected confirmation. — Senators voted 52-48 to advance DeVos's nomination.
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Tom Roussey / WJLA-TV:
Former Norwegian Prime Minister held for questioning at Dulles Airport — A former prime minister of Norway tells ABC7 he was questioned and prevented from leaving Dulles Airport for about an hour Tuesday, apparently because he had visited Iran in 2014. — Kjell Magne Bondevik served …
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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump's Mar-a-Lago getaway could cost taxpayers more than $3 million — President Donald Trump's trip to his luxury resort in Mar-a-Lago this weekend could saddle taxpayers with a bill upward of $3 million and is already drawing the type of scrutiny Trump and other Republicans regularly heaped upon former President Barack Obama.
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Warren drags Tillerson into fight over SEC rule — (D-Mass.) blasted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday, criticizing his past lobbying efforts to exclude Exxon Mobil from a rule that would require it to disclose payments to foreign governments. — “[A] handful of powerful oil …
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Cameron Joseph / New York Daily News:
New York's newest Congressman Adriano Espaillat to make history — WASHINGTON - Adriano Espaillat is about to make history, in more than one way. — When Espaillat is sworn into Congress on Tuesday he'll become the first Dominican-American — and first formerly undocumented immigrant — sworn into Congress.
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Black Caucus chafes at Latino who wants to join
Black Caucus chafes at Latino who wants to join
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Edmund DeMarche / Fox News:
ATTACK AT THE LOUVRE: Assailant wielding machete, shouting ‘Allahu akbar’ stopped by soldier, police say — DEVELOPING - A group of four French soldiers were attacked Friday inside a shopping mall beneath the Louvre Museum in Paris by a machete-wielding man shouting “Allahu akbar,” authorities said.
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Dave Burke / Daily Mail:
Machete-wielding man slumps to the ground after being shot in the stomach at the Louvre museum …
Machete-wielding man slumps to the ground after being shot in the stomach at the Louvre museum …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Vermont US attorney quotes Sally Yates in resignation letter — Vermont's top federal prosecutor on Friday announced his resignation, quoting the acting U.S. attorney general that President Trump fired in his notice. — U.S. attorney Eric Miller's resignation statement made reference to Sally Yates …
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Bannon film outline warned U.S. could turn into ‘Islamic States of America’ — The flag fluttering above the U.S. Capitol is emblazoned with a crescent and star. Chants of “Allahu Akbar” rise from inside the building. — That's the provocative opening scene of a documentary-style movie …
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Alisha A. Pina / providencejournal.com:
Cafe owner: Firing of Rep. Walsh was not an attempt to silence free speech — Owner says: “Walsh would often get into vocal political discussions with customers during her shifts, often sitting down with the diners in their booths. We sometimes had to ask her to return to her duties …
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